Method for locating sensors mounted each on a vehicle wheel
First Claim
1. Process for locating sensors (100, 101, 110, 111) mounted each on one wheel (4) of a vehicle, each sensor being provided with an emitter and the vehicle (2) being provided with a corresponding receiver (6) adapted to receive signals emitted by each sensor (100, 101, 110, 111), characterized in that the receiver (6) is provided with an antenna (12), so disposed that it is not located substantially equidistant from any two sensors (100, 101, 110, 111), and in that the location of the sensors (100, 101, 110, 111) is carried out by analyzing the field power received by the receiver (6) by means of the antenna (12) for each sensor, the power of the field received by the antenna being greater, the nearer to the detector is the sensor that emitted the corresponding signal.
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Abstract
Each sensor is provided with an emitter and the vehicle is provided with a corresponding receiver adapted to receive signals emitted by each sensor. The receiver is provided with at least one antenna disposed such that it is not located substantially equidistantly from the sensors, the antennas being located on a same side of the vehicle. The location of the sensors is carried out by analyzing the power of the field received by the receiver of each antenna for each sensor, the field power received by one antenna being the greater, the nearer to the antenna is the sensor that emitted the corresponding signal.
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14 Claims
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1. Process for locating sensors (100, 101, 110, 111) mounted each on one wheel (4) of a vehicle, each sensor being provided with an emitter and the vehicle (2) being provided with a corresponding receiver (6) adapted to receive signals emitted by each sensor (100, 101, 110, 111),
characterized in that the receiver (6) is provided with an antenna (12), so disposed that it is not located substantially equidistant from any two sensors (100, 101, 110, 111), and in that the location of the sensors (100, 101, 110, 111) is carried out by analyzing the field power received by the receiver (6) by means of the antenna (12) for each sensor, the power of the field received by the antenna being greater, the nearer to the detector is the sensor that emitted the corresponding signal.
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2. Process for locating sensors (100, 101, 110, 111) each mounted on a vehicle wheel (4), each sensor being provided with an emitter and the vehicle (2) being provided with a corresponding receiver (6) adapted to receive the signals emitted by each sensor (100, 101, 110, 111),
characterized in that the receiver (6) is provided with two separate antennas (12, 14), separated from each other and disposed such that neither antenna is located substantially equidistantly from the sensors (100, 101, 110, 111), the two antennas (12, 14) being located on the same side of the vehicle, and in that the location of the sensors (100, 101, 110, 111) is carried out by analyzing the field power received by the receiver (6) by means of each antenna (12, 14) for each sensor, the power of the field received by one antenna being the greater, the nearer to the antenna is the sensor that emitted the corresponding signal.
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